When you think of nuns, what comes to mind? A black and white habit draped over an elderly woman? Maybe thoughts of growing up in catholic school come to mind. Well, after this video, you might think about praying before you dance!
Thirteen Redemptoristine nuns based out of the County Dublin Monastary have hit the internet in holy fashion after a viral video of them was released!
The nuns decided they wanted to “cheer people up” and release a viral dance that had been circulating around. Since their entire country is in lockdown, they figured it might be a good way to keeps people’s spirits high!
With ages spanning from 28-92, they truly capture the spectrum!
Each of them is dressed in red and blue habits and are seen moving around the beautiful location of St. Alphonsus as music plays. Since the release of the video, they have had viral success, shocking many of the nuns who just thought it was a fun thing for people to enjoy.
Sister Lucy explained that the dance allowed them to spend some time learning something together!
On top of the video being released, they have also been praying for the world during the tough times. As any good Sister or Brother knows, however, prayers work in tandem WITH action to make an impact in the world! The Sisters actions were just choreographed a bit ahead of time.
Incredibly, the Sisters heard of the challenge when they were challenged by other Redemptorist Fathers and Brothers.
Apparently, there are viral dance trends within monasteries! Who knew? Sister Gabrielle Fox thought it was a great chance to “pray creatively”.
“It’s not just a gimmick. It was purposely done as a prayer,” she said.
Ever since they originally posted it, they have been receiving communication from people all over the world.
As luck would have it, nuns dancing to a viral dance challenge seemed to hit the algorithms just right! The Sisters have been flooded with communication (mostly through email) of people telling them just how awesome and fun the video was for them.
The dance is known as the Jerusalema Dance Challenge and it started back in 2020.
The first people to do it were the Fenómenos do Semba, out of Angola, south-west Africa.
“they filmed themselves dancing to the gospel-influenced song, written by South African record producer Master KG and vocalised by Nomcebo, while eating and without dropping their plates.” – Classic FM
All it takes is one watch and you know that the nuns accomplished their goal. It’s fun and pretty adorable to see everyone dancing around spaces you wouldn’t expect it. If the nuns’ goal was for people to be happier after watching it, they did it with flying colors!
The next step? Find a new challenge for them!
We aren’t sure what challenges they view as “appropriate”, but it would be great to see them release some more of them! You never know which ones could go viral and spread that positivity even further.
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